Thread-cutting temple.



L jl J/{Jf @M No. 896,309. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908. E. M. MAIN.

THREAD CUTTING TEMPLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULYlS, 1907.

WITNESSES INVENTOI? ATTORNEYS,

UNlTED s'raa ns PATENT OFFICE.

ELVIN MARBLE MAIN, OF BRUNSWICK, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO DRAPER COMPANY,OF-HOPE- DALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

THREAD-CUTTING TEMPLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

To all whom 22 may concern:

Be it known that I, ELvIN M. MAIN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Brunswick, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine,have invented a new and Improved Thread-Cutting Temple, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to automatic looms in which the filling issupplied to the shuttle in the shuttle box while the'loom is inoperation.

The ob'ect of the invention is to'provide anew and improvedthread-cutting temple, arranged to insure prompt andune'rring cut tingof the filling end, to prevent the same from becoming entangled with thesubsequent shots of the filling and spoiling the appearance of thefabric.

The inventionconsists of novel features and arts and combinations of thesame, wh1c will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed-outin the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate cor-- res onding parts in bothviews.

igure 1 is a plan view of the improvement, and Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same, part of the stand being shown in section.

The stand A of the temple is secured in the usual manner to the breast.beam of the loom,

and on the said stand A is mounted to slide G for the passage of thefilling, as l-ainly indicated in Fig. 2. Onto the face 0 the outer sideE abuts the cutting edge of'a knife blade H, adjustably secured byscrews I to the stand A, the said screws 1 passing through an elongatedslot H formed in the knife blade H. Now when the temple is 'in thenormal position of' rest-as shown in the drawings then the cutting edgeof the knife blade H extends somewhat in the rear, but

, in the path of the eye G, and when the lay D actuates the shank B byengaging the heel D, then the eye'G is carried past. the cutting edge ofthe fixed knife blade H, and conseqluently any. filling end extendingthrough t 1e eye G is cut off to prevent this filling end from becomingentangled insubsequent shots.

By the arrangement described a very simple means is provided forunerr'ingly and promptly cutting off the filling end.

In case the cuttingedge of the knife blade becomes dull, the said knifeblade H canbe readily removed and its cutting edge sharpened, and thenreplaced and properly adjusted relative tothe eye G, to insure propercutting of the filling end.

It will be seen by reference to the drawings that the cutting edge ofthe fixed knife blade is inclined, to cut the filling end with ashearing cut when the shank B is'actuated by the lay, as previouslyexplained.

The casing, E may be screwed or brazed on the shank B, and the outerside E is prefer-. ably'hard'ened to properly work in conjunction withthe cutting edge of the knife blade H, as above described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A thread-cutting temple comprising a stand, a movable shank having acasing and I a roller therein, the casing having. an eye for the assageof the filling, and a knife blade .fixe on the said stand and having itscutting casing at the eye, to cut off. the filling end. 2. A threadcutting temple, comprising a .ed'ge operating in conjunction with thesaid stand, a movable shankhaving a casing and a roller therein, thecasinghaving an eye for the passage of the filling, aknife blade havinga longitudinal slot, and having its cutting edge operating inconjunction with the sale casing at the eye to cut off the filling end,and set screws traversing the slot and engaging the, stand foradjustably securing the knife thereon.

fixedly mounted onthe stand, and having I 3. A thread cutting templecomprising a. stand, a spring cont'rolled shank movably, -mountedthereon. and carrying a casing havits cutting edge cooperating with thecasing with the said movable member at the said 10 adjacent the fillingpassage, movement of the passage to cut off the-filling end.

shank against its spring causing the filling- In testimony whereof Ihave signed my end in the assage to-be brought against the name to thisspecification in the presence of 5 edge of an cut by said blade. twosubscribin Witnesses.

4. The combination with a temple having LVIN MARBLE MAIN. its movablemember provided with a passage Witnesses: for the filling, of astationary knife blade hav- I L H. STOVER, I

ing its cutting edge operating in conjunction CHARLES I. GIVERN.

